Paper-cabinet.



No. 819,482. r PATENTBD MAY 1, 1906. s. WHEELER.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.10, 1905.

/ 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

4 I I \/I /1 I 7/? Z }/6'// j8'//////////// WITNESSES: INVENTOR fi l ATTORNEYS 'PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

S. WHEELER.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLIGATION FILED o0'r.1o, 1905.

mvtmon A%ORNEY.S

:To cal; whom it may concern Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, a citi- SETH HE LER, or -o ASTLETON, .NEw'roRK.

P A P R-YQ A N ET.

No. 81 9,482.. 7 I

. zen of the United States of America, anda new-and useful Im The objectlof my invention to rovide aresident T of Castleton, county of .Rensselaer, State of New York,'have invented certain rovementsin Paper-Cabinet sofwhich the ollowin is a specification, reference 'Jbein'g had to t e accompanying wi gsiformmg 8 Part thereof." I

Myiinvention' relates to improvements in paper-cabinets employed for the purpose of dispensing sheets or units containing several sheets one at a t1me.

Myinvention'comprises a drawer or recep-- tacle. forrreceiving a package of inter-folded :sheets and provided-with a. front plate having a vdelivery-ope'nir' gtherein arranged to be received-andremovablyheld within an openingin arwall, partition, or. thelike, the drawer or receptacle being provided, if desired, with alocking device whereby it' maybe secured in position-in the wall or it may be released, so that itmay be removed bodily for the purposeofins'ertinga fresh package of the paper.

referablythefront plate has an overhang- "ing: ortionwhich wil I bear'again'st the front of t e wall,-partition, or the like when the drawer 'is in position, the body portion of the drawer being entirely received within the Openmg simple and inexpensive-formof ca inet for receiving and: dispensing interfol'ded sheets of paper and which may bereceived within an OIpening in a wall or the like, and,-further, t at such receptacle may bebodily removed, so that u may be inserted; before the wrapper. is removed. Inthu's bodily removing the receptacle complete accessr'may be had thereto and in Figs. -1, 2, and 3, reference character 10 designates a drawer or receptacle arranged to possibility of the *packagerbeing; accidentally dropped'fand theinterfolded sheetsseparated,

as may happenwhen the-wrapper lsre'lnoved before'thepackage is inserted- 51;

In combinationwith the receptacle '-referred to I preferably provideza receiving box-like structure designedto be secured fast .within the wall, the drawer or receptacle-arranged to be locked to this said structure. In new work-that is, where the partitionsare being made with a view to receiving the cabi-.

tion, s

structure for receiving same.

' ,1 the ackageiss v.zonta position.

on recharging the same a package Patented May 1, 1 906.,

netsthis structure or framework similar theretomay'be'cons'tructedasapart of'the said partition but where the'cabinet is to be Inserted in partitions or walls already made To the foregoing'ends my invention consists in certain'novel features of construction describe certain embodiments thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v a Figure 1 is a view in centralvertical section throu h a receptacle embodying my invenowing the same as in position in a wall or partition; and showing also. a box-like i Fig. 2 is a front view ofthe receptacle. Fig.3 is a top View of the receptacle with the partition or wall and the box-like structure shown in horizontal section. 'Fig' 4 is a central vertical section similar'to Fig. '1, showing a form of a device employed where the partition or wall istoo thin to receive a device of the charactershown in Fig; 1, the package in this figure arranged in an upright position, while in Fig.

own as supported in'a horidevice shown in Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views showing certain locking means for removably securing the front p ate tothe body portion of the drawer or receptacle. Fig. 8 1s aview in perspective of a package comprism .interfolded sheets, such as are employed in t e receptacles herein referred to.

Referring first of all to the structure shown receive a package 11 of interfolded sheets or units containing several sheets. 7 Fig. 8 shows in perspective a portion of such package, each and 'combinationsof'parts, as will hereinafter -more fully appear, and in order that m m.- vention may be thoroughly understood will 7 Fig. 5 is a front view of the a'portion of umt consisting of a single sheet or several sheets folded twice upon itself, so as to form three oppositely-folded leaves or flaps. The

. end leaves or flaps of the units are interfolded V with the end leaves or flaps of adjacent units,

so that the said package'comp'rises interfolded sheets throughout its entirety. A follower 12-and a follower-spring 13 may be prrovided to push the packa e toward the ont of the drawer or receptac e'as successive units *are dispensed. At its front end the 60 i the box-like structure will be. convenient. It

- front plate 14,.1n which thereis a dischargetio'nof the next succeeding unit will be drawn tacle sli drawer 'or receptacle .10 is provided with a opening 15. The front plate is preferably of a s ze suchthat its edges overhang the drawer or receptacle, so that they may form an abut ment to engage with the front face of a wall or opening in which the receptacle may be received. The drawer-is providedwith a locking device, in the presentinstance comprising a spindle 16,'ha ving aknob 17 arranged-1n convenient position in front of the .front plate -14 and hav ng a lateralaprojecting portion p18v at' its inner endarranged to engage with an abutment 19 formedin a portion stationary' with the wall or partition. 2O designatesthe V front face of the wall orpartition, whichmay. be of. any thicknessgreater than the length 2'1 desi atesa, receiv ng structure .constructed im ox-like.

of the drawerv or receptacle.

form, which structure is secured immovably in pos tion in the said partition. ture-may be apart oflthe partitiomorit maybe a separate part manufactured and sold.

with the drawer or-receptacle to be'inserted- 1n the partition andpermanentlyfixed-there in. vTheabutment 19 is arrangedina-porr' tionsecured with this'box-like structure, as.

shown and the said box-like structure forms a housing for thedrawer orreceptacle, aswill be readilg movement, and the 100 ng devicelocks the drawer in osition when so adjustedandpermits the sired. V

When the device'as a Wholeis in position, only the front plate 14 and knob 17 are visible with a projecting portion of one (of the paper units. drawn through the slot oropening 15 a porout through the said slot or opening .read

for the same to be removed when desire To recharge the cabinetthat is, to insert a newpackage it is merely necessary to operate the locking device and to move the drawer or receptacle. A new package completely-wrapped may be inserted bodily into separated will be obviated. After the pack.-

the drawer, and the wra per maythen be slit and withdrawnpso t at any danger of allowing the interfolded sheets to become age has been so inserted and the wrapper thereof withdrawn the outer fold of the first unit should be inserted b. hand through the 7 slot or opening 15' and t e drawer replaced and locked in position.

The foregoing is the preferred form of my invention, as being the simplest, cheapest, and easiest manipulated; but in some instances the partitions are not deep enough to .receive a drawer or receptacleof such length as to take a package of the requiredsize. In such. case I provide a drawer or receptacle This strucunderstood, the drawer or recapng freely in and out of positiontherewlth. The frontpgiate limits the inner rawer to be removed when so de-' I .to normally tend'to engage the said abut- As each paper unit is with of aform' adapted to receive a verticallyarranged package. (Shown in @Fig. .4.) ;In such construction it is convenient to make the .front plate 14 detachable from the drawer or .receptacle 10, SO lthat afterthe v receptacle as a whole "has been removed ready access maybe had thereto for the purposeof inserting a new package. Forthispurpose I providecatches 22 pivoted upon the sides of the drawer -or receptacle and adapted :tozenage with overhanging studs 123. In orm I 'have'jarrang'ed to dispense the .sheets @fromth t m- I or.followenspring willprobably notbenecessary, ithough it may be employed, .OfQCOUI'S,

as the lower-sheets areeremoved'. The dis charge opening in this -.-instance is shown at 24 at the bottomofgtheefront plate 14,1butis, however, preferably of somewhat dissimilar -form-to that shown the .ctheriiigures. iI-n .whichlpenetrat'esthroughfiromJonesidetothe or opening whic enters 'from the rear and form, u I hav i lust at a od fi' e tongue secured to the LstatiOnarystructure 2:1 and engaging anabutment 26in-the draweror receptacle. The spring-tongueisso flexed-as ment; "but it may be moved-awaytherefrom vided in the front plate for the rece tio'npf -said key, as shown. Either of the ormsof ploye with either ,formof cabinet, ,or other forms maybe employed, if desired.

WhatIclaimi's-'" 1. In a paper-cabinet the combination with 'a receiving structure comprising a drawer-frame arran ed to be secured within as tacle for receiving a package of interfo dedsheets, said drawer orreceptacle fitted to said receiving structure and arranged "to slide into and be withdrawn from same, a front plate for said drawer or receptacle, the

removably securing said front plate to the :body. ortion of said drawer or receptacle, and a ocking device for securing the drawer and the front plate-in position in thereceivin structure, and for permitting the r'emOY..." thereof bodilywhen desired.

2. In a paper-cabinet, the combination package ofinterfolded pai per sheets, and pro.- vided with a removable on-t plate 'havinga delivery-opening therein, said remove} is if desired. illhe weight of the remaining 7 sheetsmay be reliedupon to cause the package to followdown tolthe discharge-opening other ofthe-front; 'late,it isinathelform of-a'slot lockin device shown may .ofcourse "be jam-- same comprising one wall thereof, means for a pile, so that .1 i-fojllower stead ofbeingin the form of :a slot oropening turns downward at right angles -;to.deliver at the.bottomedgeofthesaidtront late. lnthis tion of thelockin device-shown in the other .figuressu'chmodi cationcomprisinga spring.-

by means of a key 27, a keyhole 28 beingtproa wall, partition or t e like, .ofa drawer or rewith a drawer or'receptacle for receiving .a

'front plate forming one .wall of' drawer, said receptacle being arranged to be [plate to the main body portion of the drawer,

the said received and removebly held within an opening in a wall} partition or the like, of a looking device for securing said cebinetrjn; position in the wall, partition or the like, End for permitting its removal bodily when desired, and locking means for securing the front 

